Posting this so you won't have to...

[jafski]

Bottled my golden ale today, had dry hopped in the primary after it had fermented out to 1.002, just chucked my pellets in.

Dissolved my sugar in boiling water and put into the bottling bucket before racking the beer onto it prior to bottling.

I used a mesh cage on the end of my syphon to stop any hoppage getting into the bottling bucket. This clogged up quite quickly and slowed my syphon to a dribble.

Anyhoo, got it all in the bottling bucket and bottled as per.

I luckily like to taste the beer left in the bucket after I've bottled to get an idea of how it's turned out, and it was sweet as sugar, so much so I tested the OG and it was 1.035!

Realised that the flow into the bottling bucket was so slow that the sugary solution had stayed at the bottom of the bucket and not mixed in as it does normally.

So, I was faced with either throwing it all away, or doing what I considered to be worth the gamble, pouring all the bottles back into the bucket so they mixed and refilling them again. Huge risk of oxygenation, but worth the risk.

Will let you know how it goes but not hopeful!

 

[braziliain]

This happened the first time I batch primed. Have stirred with a sanitised spoon every time since.

Fingers crossed it turns out well.

 

[MickDundee]

Hope it turns out ok.

BTW 1.002 sounds very dry, what did you mash at and what was your OG?

 

[Leon103]

Hope it turns out ok.

BTW 1.002 sounds very dry, what did you mash at and what was your OG?

Exactly what I was thinkjng. Test your hydrometer

 

[jafski]

Exactly what I was thinkjng. Test your hydrometer

Mashed at 64'c (though had dropped to 61'c after 75 mins, so not surprised it's dry), OG 1.035. Have checked the hydrometer and it's bang on at 20'c.

 

[sdt7618]

Just open each bottle and pop 1/2 teaspoon of sugar in each, then recap.

no point tipping out and redoing

 

[pms67]

I just dump my priming sugar straight in and wait five minutes,works for me every time,no hassle whatsoever.
I always use dextrose as its a bit finer 👍

 

[JapanBrew]

I just dump my priming sugar straight in and wait five minutes,works for me every time,no hassle whatsoever.
I always use dextrose as its a bit finer 👍

This is true, or, boil your sugar and while it's still hot, add your beer. It's a kind of chemical reaction while it's cooling and mixing. At this time, make a hop tea as well and it. Perfect time.

 

[jafski]

Just open each bottle and pop 1/2 teaspoon of sugar in each, then recap.

no point tipping out and redoing

I thought of that, but some of the bottles were well over primed whereas some were under/not at all. Would have meant testing FG on each bottle before priming/not.

Overall thought it easier to do what I did.

 

[jafski]

Sadly, this beer was ruined, tastes of wet cardboard, so seems it's oxidised due to my error. :cry:

As they say, it's only a mistake if you do it twice. So lesson learned!